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Insights into Bacterial Community Structure and Metabolic Diversity of Mercury-Contaminated Sediments from Hyeongsan River, Pohang, South Korea

Authors
Chaudhary, Dhiraj KumarKim, Kyung HeeLee, MikyungKim, HwansukHong, Yongseok
Issue Date
May-2022
Publisher
SPRINGER
Citation
CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY, v.79, no.5
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SCIE
SCOPUS
Journal Title
CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY
Volume
79
Number
5
URI
https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/143082
DOI
10.1007/s00284-022-02847-z
ISSN
0343-8651
1432-0991
Abstract
This study investigated the bacterial community structure and metabolic diversity and their relationship with Hg and other environmental variables in sediments collected from different locations (HSR-1-HSR-6) in the Hyeongsan River estuary in South Korea. The results showed that the highest total mercury (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg) concentrations were in HSR-2, with values of 4585.3 mu g/kg and 13.4 mu g/kg, respectively. The lowest THg (31.9 mu g/kg) and MeHg (0.1 mu g/kg) concentrations were found in HSR-1. Sulfate and organic matter (OM) were more influential environmental variables, revealing a positive association with THg and MeHg and negatively affecting bacterial and metabolic diversities. Bacterial and metabolic diversities were also negatively impacted by the THg and MeHg concentrations. Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes were abundantly distributed in all the sediments. The dominance of Proteobacteria was upscaled in all the heavily Hg-contaminated sites (HSR-2-HSR-6), and it was the only phylum that showed a significant positive correlation with THg, MeHg, and OM. The genera Sulfurovum and Sulfurimonas were abundantly observed in sites with high Hg contamination, whereas Congregibacter, Gaetbulibacter, Ilumatobacter, Methylotenera, Nevskia, and Sediminibacter were only detected in low Hg-contaminated sites (HSR-1). The community-level physiological profile data showed the highest (1.0) average well color development (AWCD) value in HSR-1 and the lowest (0.45) AWCD value in HSR-2. Overall, these results demonstrated the inhibitory effects of THg, MeHg, and other environmental variables on microbial communities and metabolic diversity. These findings broaden the current knowledge on the dynamics of bacterial and metabolic diversities in Hg-contaminated sediments and might be useful in the management of Hg pollution.
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